Mindfulness and Letting Be

Fred Dallmayr explores the benefits of mindfulness in respect to philosophy and theory, practical conduct, language use, art works, historical understanding, and cosmopolitanism. Students of continental, social, and political philosophy will benefit from Dallmayr’s engagement with, among others, Heidegger, Panikkar, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida.

Fred Dallmayr

Chapter 1. "The Future of Theory": Mindful Thinking Chapter 2. Beyond "Action Theory": Mindful Praxis Chapter 3. Nothingness, Non-Being, Emptiness: Thinking at the Edge of Thought Chapter 4. But Only Speak the Word: Mindfulness and Language Chapter 5. Naturing Nature: Mindfulness and Art Chapter 6. The Future of the Past: Mindfulness and History Chapter 7. Why Cross-cultural Studies Now?: Mindfulness and Cosmopolis Appendix A. Are Humans Becoming Superfluous?: Robots and Gestell Appendix B. For an Apophatic Humanism: Orthopraxis Appendix C. Empire and Mindfulness: Theocracy as Temptation